There And Back Again

Archive for March, 2010

    

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Capital T
Posted by Katherine on March 22nd, 2010

“Trouble with a capital T and that rhymes with P and that stands for…” …Plagiarism. That’s right, good ol’ fashioned cheating, boys and girls. Evidently that’s a rampant problem at this school, as I’ve recently discovered (first hand too!). A few weeks ago I caught four students cheating on a completion only homework assignment, and [...]

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Ravens & desks
Posted by Katherine on March 14th, 2010

“Why is a raven like a writing desk?” And the third quarter draws to a close. Friday was the last day of the third marking period. Now we’re in the push to get grades finished up and comments selected for the report cards which are due to go out in about a week. The process [...]

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Forward motion
Posted by Katherine on March 3rd, 2010

“Cause forward motion is harder than it sounds” No school today (Wednesday). Or tomorrow (Thursday). And no, once again, it was not a planned thing. No, this midweek holiday is courtesy of a paro (a blockade). All of the public transportation is shut down and there are blockades everywhere in protest over the possibility that [...]

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Brit Comedies: Part 1
Posted by Katherine on March 3rd, 2010

“This has been my best day of all time” The Brits do it better. What do they do better? Everything. Fish and chips. Slang. (Seriously, “wazzup” and “dude” don’t hold a candle to “cheers,” “bollocks,” “jumper,” “lift,” “boot,” “bloody,” etc.) Grammar. Sitcoms. (I will blog on Coupling, My Family, Mr. Bean, Blackadder, Extras and the [...]